
Help break the stigma around Long COVID by sharing your story with the public. In this free webinar on February 19, The Sick Times editors and guest speakers will demystify the process of writing and pitching op-eds and essays on Long COVID.

We are excited to share some good news as we start off 2026: The Sick Times had a successful end-of-year fundraiser! Thank you to everyone who donated, shared, gave us feedback, or otherwise contributed to our campaign.

On July 24, The Sick Times hosted a virtual town hall. Co-founders and editors Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets shared updates about our editorial plans and finances and took questions from readers. The event is part of our summer 2025 fundraiser, which will continue through next week. Thank you to everyone who attended, we appreciated…

The Sick Times needs our readers’ help to keep our essential work going into 2026. This July, we’re aiming to raise $30,000 from our readers. We’re also aiming to have 100 readers set up new monthly donations.

Join The Sick Times, the only news site dedicated to Long COVID and related diseases, for an evening commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day 2025 and the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic landing in New York City. As the pandemic continues — but goes ignored by mainstream media, political leaders, and even leftist and advocacy…

The Sick Times is starting 2025 with great news. Thanks to readers who supported our end-of-year fundraising campaign, we raised nearly $50,000 in small-dollar donations — which will be more than doubled, due to matching funds and additional support. This was our first year participating in the Institute for Nonprofit News’ NewsMatch program, which supports…

We made a zine! To celebrate our first anniversary, we commissioned artist Katie Drackert to create a printable mini-magazine of our first year’s highlights, as well as top Long COVID and COVID-19 resources. Please print it and distribute it widely!

“Our reporting on Long COVID remains as vital today as it did when we launched,” executive editor Miles W. Griffis said. “Many of our colleagues in the media continue to minimize the disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — but not The Sick Times. We report on the most common adverse outcome of COVID-19 affecting…

We’re dedicated to covering Long COVID for the people most impacted by this disease. Unlike mainstream media outlets, we’re not minimizing the ongoing pandemic. Instead, we’re exposing how this mass disabling event is impacting millions of people in the U.S. and around the world. That wouldn’t be possible without the support of community members like…

The Sick Times, the nonprofit newsroom focused on Long Covid and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, is excited to announce it has received an award of $250,000 from the biotech giving fund Kanro. This grant will fund the organization’s general operations over the next 18 months, enabling its expansion to a larger newsroom. Kanro, along with…





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